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by Eugene Ipavec, 29 July 2005
The Galactic Republic is the government spanning most of the galaxy in the Star Wars prequels. The roots of the Republic go back around 25,000 years, but the present Republic was reorganized after the Ruusan Reformation about 1000 years prior to the events of the films.
The flag of the Galactic Republic is the seal of the Republic on a field of crimson, the color used on official vessels (military and governmental) of the Republic, as seen in Star Wars Episodes I, II, and III.
Note that this flag does not appear in the films but is taken from a drawing published by an official Lucasfilm site (Holonet News). A copy of this drawing can be found here
J.T. Tate, 4 July 2005
Interestingly, this is the symbol of the Empire in the original three
movies, while the rebellion uses a different one, somewhat similar to
a stylized bird.
Nathan Lamm, 5 July 2005
That is to be expected, as the Empire legally emerged from the Old
Republic, building on its legitimacy and changing it "from within"
under a non-revolutionary propaganda — and keeping its symbols.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 5 July 2005
The seal being a black and white round emblem, makes this one more mock
Nazi fictional flag . This may have happened
as the Empire is presented in the original movies as something evil (and
"nazi"="evil" in Hollywoodese) and only later its transformation from the
"unevil" Old Republic is shown as a relatively recent change, with no
place for a radical symbol change — also because, as mentioned, the
transition was made from within and under a blanket of legitimacy.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 July 2005
The symbol use by the Galactic Empire is similar to the Galactic Republic one but not the same. In fact, as shown by the diagram above,
the Republic had an eight-pointed symbol, and the Confederacy had six
points, as does the Empire, so the Imperial Seal is probably the
Republic and Confederacy combined. (The seal I found of the Empire has
black and white reversed, but sometimes you see it the other way. I have
yet to see the Republic's colors reversed.)
J.T. Tate, 4 July 2005
by Eugene Ipavec, 29 July 2005
The Confederacy of Independent Systems (also known as the Separatists) was led by Count Dooku of Serenno, a former Jedi Knight. The members of the CIS considered the Republic too corrupt to be saved and seceded to form their own government. The CIS was a looser affiliation than the Republic, and many of its member governments were from corporate, monetary, and trade interests.
The secession of the Confederacy ignited what was called the
"Clone Wars", wherein Republic clone forces under the Jedi
Knights fought the separatists. Eventually, the Republic was
able to defeat the Separatists with the death of Count Dooku and
military leader General Grievous at the hands of the Jedi.
The CIS seal, as seen in Star Wars Episode III, is a hexagonal
shape divided into wedges, with a smaller, darkened hexagon in
the center. flag is this seal upon a (vertical) field of blue,
which is the color used on official Confederacy military and
government ships, also seen in Star Wars III.
J.T. Tate, 4 July 2005
The rebellion uses a symbol somewhat similar to a stylized bird.
I wonder what the Rebellion (and later
New Republic) symbol is supposed to be. I think I once saw it described
as a symbol of Alderaan, but I'm not sure.
Nathan Lamm, 5 July 2005